PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader - Page 52

igorsk · 10-07-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sosuke

Tried SD Formatter with two different cards (one SD one SDHC)... Still reboots...

I'm pretty sure the font is the problem but I've tried two fonts now and neither works. MS Gothic and koichi gothic. Both are about 8megs... If I use the standard fonts I can create an image. Any ideas why the font won't work? I followed the font guide and I remember seeing a thread where someone said they got MS Gothic working. Of course that person never bothered to say what they did to get it working after they figured it out..

Your fonts are too big. The whole Fsk partition (which has to fit fonts + Sony UI and other supporting files) is a bit above 8 megs. It might be possible to repartition the flash and grow it at the cost of the user data partition but that's pretty advanced stuff and haven't been tested.
You can try this approach instead.

sosuke · 10-07-2009, 09:09 PM

Yeah I'll probably try that instead... I'm pretty sure I'm done with this method. It bricked when I tried to flash it.

Ok, my conclusion for anyone that wants japanese support. Use the chinese fonts from the other thread and use that method. I ended up going with the version that flashes and replaces tinyhttp so the fonts will always load. Works great.

dejure · 10-08-2009, 03:47 PM

Hello,
I have a UK reader with 1.2.00.18050 on board. I'd like to read books in Russian, but I don't need to localize anything as I prefer English menus. Among all the options offered by PRSCustomizer, I selected UK 1.2 as firmware and Fonts: Unicode.

Run the script from the SD card, pressed #5 and got the following error:

error copying new files from
b:/files.505.1.2.00.18050/opt

Checked that folder. In fact, there's nothing else present in files.505.1.2.00.18050 folder but new fonts! Why are the fonts not being copied by the script? Have I done anything wrong while selecting options?

I didn't try downgrading to 1.1 just because I noticed that Russian books themselves already appear in Russian. Only the book titles are replaced with squares in the list of contents. That's why I decided to replace fonts only. Is downgrading the only solution?

Thank you beforehand,
Denis

gwynevans · 10-08-2009, 04:21 PM

Shouldn't be - You should have a main.xml in files.505.1.2.00.18050/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/, for instance, so check that's there on the SD card for a start...

dejure · 10-08-2009, 04:40 PM

Thank you gwynevans for the quick reply.

I have formatted my SD card using Panasonic formatting utility (found a hint in one of the earlier posts) and copied files over again. The new flushing attempt was successful: no problem during creating image occured. Everything is OK after reboot (book titles now displayed correctly)

gwynevans · 10-08-2009, 06:00 PM

Glad to hear it & welcome aboard, by the way!

peturv · 10-11-2009, 06:07 PM

I have been looking through this forum for every possible solution to changing the language on my PRS-505, firmware 1.4.00.23260. It's in German but I would like to have the menu in English. I tried but failed with prscustomizer as it does not support my firmware. I have seen your recommendation to downgrade my version. I would like a version 1.2. But I want to know how to do that exactly and if I am losing anything by doing that. And the other thing, how do I make a backup of my firmware in case I need to go back. I tried to do that with the prscustomizer also but it didn't work. Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

pepak · 10-12-2009, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by peturv

I would like a version 1.2.

Can't help you with 1.2. But AFAIK it doesn't have any extra features over 1.1 which I can help you with.

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But I want to know how to do that exactly

The easiest solution is downloading my modified firmware 1.1 - it is basically the same thing as the official firmware, only unzipped and with version info modified to allow reflash from any version (you can easily download the official firmware, unzip it and compare its files to my files to see the difference).

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and if I am losing anything by doing that.

Date format.

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And the other thing, how do I make a backup of my firmware in case I need to go back.

The updater that is used by PRS Customizer lets you create backups of your current firmware.

n7tzg · 10-12-2009, 01:52 AM

Jeff,

I see that others have a similar issue with the customizer not working with our version of firmware(1.1.01.25200). I got my 505 from Staples online June of '09, and it seems to be the newest version of firmware here in the US. Are you going to modify the customizer to work with this firmware version, or is there something I can do on my end to preserve the firmware version but still customize my reader?

Thanks for all of your great work,

Rob

JeffElkins · 10-12-2009, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n7tzg

Are you going to modify the customizer to work with this firmware version, or is there something I can do on my end to preserve the firmware version but still customize my reader?

Rob

No updates until Igorsk's Universal Flasher is updated and Sony releases a new firmware update tool for the 505.

peturv · 10-12-2009, 07:26 AM

pepak,

thanks for your suggestions. I will try this but before I do anything I want to back up my firmware first. When I tried to flash my reader I selected option 3 which is the backup, but I get the message that the firmware version is not supported. Since it does not support my firmware, I suppose that includes not backing it up?

pepak · 10-12-2009, 08:31 AM

I don't know. Maybe. I know backup worked for me when I tried it with 1.0.

peturv · 10-13-2009, 11:03 AM

pepak,

I downloaded your modified firmware and unzipped it. What do I do next? Do I put some files on the SD card to flash the reader? This is relavively safe isn't it, since I have not been able to back my firmware up?
I tried to look at your webpage for instructions but was quick to find out I did not understand much there :-)
Thanks for your help!

pepak · 10-13-2009, 03:58 PM

Just connect the Reader, run PRS-505 Updater.exe and let it do its work. SD card is not needed for it.

Yes, it is reasonably safe - it is the latest downloadable official firmware, just its metadata got modified to allow flashing over any existing firmware (it's file eBookUpdater/assets/updaterAssets/PRSVersion.dat, in case you are curious).

peturv · 10-13-2009, 05:09 PM

I tried to do that but it won't allow me to update because it detects that my reader is already up to date. Is there any way to go around that?

10-07-2009, 09:09 PM	#767
sosuke Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-505	Yeah I'll probably try that instead... I'm pretty sure I'm done with this method. It bricked when I tried to flash it. Ok, my conclusion for anyone that wants japanese support. Use the chinese fonts from the other thread and use that method. I ended up going with the version that flashes and replaces tinyhttp so the fonts will always load. Works great. Last edited by sosuke; 10-07-2009 at 10:03 PM.

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10-08-2009, 03:47 PM	#768
dejure Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Hello, I have a UK reader with 1.2.00.18050 on board. I'd like to read books in Russian, but I don't need to localize anything as I prefer English menus. Among all the options offered by PRSCustomizer, I selected UK 1.2 as firmware and Fonts: Unicode. Run the script from the SD card, pressed #5 and got the following error: error copying new files from b:/files.505.1.2.00.18050/opt Checked that folder. In fact, there's nothing else present in files.505.1.2.00.18050 folder but new fonts! Why are the fonts not being copied by the script? Have I done anything wrong while selecting options? I didn't try downgrading to 1.1 just because I noticed that Russian books themselves already appear in Russian. Only the book titles are replaced with squares in the list of contents. That's why I decided to replace fonts only. Is downgrading the only solution? Thank you beforehand, Denis

10-08-2009, 04:21 PM	#769
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Shouldn't be - You should have a main.xml in files.505.1.2.00.18050/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/, for instance, so check that's there on the SD card for a start...

10-08-2009, 04:40 PM	#770
dejure Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thank you gwynevans for the quick reply. I have formatted my SD card using Panasonic formatting utility (found a hint in one of the earlier posts) and copied files over again. The new flushing attempt was successful: no problem during creating image occured. Everything is OK after reboot (book titles now displayed correctly)

10-08-2009, 06:00 PM	#771
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Glad to hear it & welcome aboard, by the way!

10-11-2009, 06:07 PM	#772
peturv Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	I have been looking through this forum for every possible solution to changing the language on my PRS-505, firmware 1.4.00.23260. It's in German but I would like to have the menu in English. I tried but failed with prscustomizer as it does not support my firmware. I have seen your recommendation to downgrade my version. I would like a version 1.2. But I want to know how to do that exactly and if I am losing anything by doing that. And the other thing, how do I make a backup of my firmware in case I need to go back. I tried to do that with the prscustomizer also but it didn't work. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!

10-12-2009, 01:52 AM	#774
n7tzg Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Jeff, I see that others have a similar issue with the customizer not working with our version of firmware(1.1.01.25200). I got my 505 from Staples online June of '09, and it seems to be the newest version of firmware here in the US. Are you going to modify the customizer to work with this firmware version, or is there something I can do on my end to preserve the firmware version but still customize my reader? Thanks for all of your great work, Rob

10-12-2009, 07:26 AM	#776
peturv Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	pepak, thanks for your suggestions. I will try this but before I do anything I want to back up my firmware first. When I tried to flash my reader I selected option 3 which is the backup, but I get the message that the firmware version is not supported. Since it does not support my firmware, I suppose that includes not backing it up?

10-12-2009, 08:31 AM	#777
pepak Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 4150 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T3, Kobo Libra H2O	I don't know. Maybe. I know backup worked for me when I tried it with 1.0.

10-13-2009, 11:03 AM	#778
peturv Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	pepak, I downloaded your modified firmware and unzipped it. What do I do next? Do I put some files on the SD card to flash the reader? This is relavively safe isn't it, since I have not been able to back my firmware up? I tried to look at your webpage for instructions but was quick to find out I did not understand much there :-) Thanks for your help!

10-13-2009, 03:58 PM	#779
pepak Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 4150 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T3, Kobo Libra H2O	Just connect the Reader, run PRS-505 Updater.exe and let it do its work. SD card is not needed for it. Yes, it is reasonably safe - it is the latest downloadable official firmware, just its metadata got modified to allow flashing over any existing firmware (it's file eBookUpdater/assets/updaterAssets/PRSVersion.dat, in case you are curious).

10-13-2009, 05:09 PM	#780
peturv Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	I tried to do that but it won't allow me to update because it detects that my reader is already up to date. Is there any way to go around that?